3, 2018 at Park Summit Assisted Living Facility after 3 years in Hospice
care. Grace was born in Freeport, Ohio and raised in Roanoke, Va.
Grace was the last surviving member of her family, the 9th of 12
children. Grace raised 3 children, Beth, Fred and Frances and worked at
Florida Christian School from 1976 to 1982. She moved to Chattanooga,
Tennessee in 1982 where she worked for Orange Grove managing a home for
the mentally disabled for 13 years. Grace later returned to Florida
where she lived with her daughter Beth & son in law Perry Patterson and
3 grandchildren, Rachel, Rebecca and Elise. She is survived by her
three children; Beth and (Perry) Patterson, Frances Strauss and Fred
Hardin, granddaughters; Grace Nicole Hardin, Rachel Eloise Conner and
her husband William Conner, Rebecca Jean Patterson and Elise Sara
Patterson and nephews and nieces.
In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions be made to Disable
American Veterans (DAV) in her loving memory.
